The Americans expressed indignation that the so-called. 11 September The “20th hijacker” was released from Guantanamo Bay and sent back to Saudi Arabia for psychiatric treatment.
Potential terrorist Mohammed Ahmad al-Qahtani, 46, who reportedly missed boarding a plane to fly to the World Trade Center because he was detained by authorities on immigration charges, was flown to his home country after being vetted by the military and officials intelligence. This was stated by representatives of the Pentagon on Monday.
“If this is true, then this is a slap in the face to everyone who died that day,” wrote Stephanie Hoover. Twitter.
Al-Qahtani’s release, approved last month by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, comes as the Biden administration is pressuring Saudi Arabia to release more oil amid the Ukraine crisis.
“My concern is that the administration is setting the stage for another terrorist attack,” said Angela Mistrulli, whose father Joseph died at the World Trade Center on 9/11.
She said she was frustrated by the lack of due process.
“I think for a child of a man who was killed on September 11, there will not be a day in court for my father and 3,000 other people who were killed,” she said. “I find more and more that they make it impossible to initiate a criminal case and get the truth.
In August 2001, al-Qahtani was turned away by the US at the Orlando airport by immigration officials who were suspicious of his travel. According to previously released documents, the master hijacker of 9/11, Mohammed Atta, was going to pick him up to participate in the plot.
U.S. forces later captured him in Afghanistan and sent him to Guantanamo Bay, where he was subjected to brutal interrogation, which, according to a Pentagon official responsible for war crimes, was tantamount to torture.
Mohammed al-Qahtani was released by US authorities and sent back to Saudi Arabia for psychiatric treatment.
If this is true, then this is a slap in the face to all who died that day. This admin can 💋 my ass.
Guantanamo Bay inmate sent home by Biden administration, dubbed ’20th hijacker’ on 9/11, to receive ‘mental health’ treatment – World Today News https://t.co/bt3V3ZTFZj
— Stephanie (@StephHoover8) March 8, 2022
He has been in Guantanamo Bay for 20 years, but the charges against him were dropped years ago after it was found that he had been tortured while in US custody.
“After two decades without trial in U.S. custody, Mohammed will now receive the psychiatric care he has long needed in Saudi Arabia, with the support of his family,” said Ramzi Kassem, a law professor at the City University of New York who represented the interests of all-Qahtani. with the help of students for over ten years. “Containing him in Guantanamo Bay, where he was tortured and then repeatedly tried to commit suicide, would be a likely death sentence.”
Joseph Mistrulli, a union carpenter who worked at Windows on the World on 9/11, was killed in the attack. His daughter Angela would like Vice President Kamala Harris to speak to the families to understand their point of view.
This treatment included beatings, exposure to extreme temperatures and noise, sleep deprivation, and prolonged solitary confinement. An FBI agent in 2002 observed al-Qahtani talking to non-existent people, hearing voices and crouching in the corner of his cell, covering himself with a sheet for hours.
Al-Qahtani, the second Guantanamo detainee released by President Joe Biden, suffered from schizophrenia and other mental illnesses since childhood, according to medical records.
Currently, 38 prisoners are still in custody at a US military installation in Cuba.
However, only half of the men held there have been released, and what to do with the rest, including those who are yet to appear before the military commission, has not yet been decided.
The Department of Defense notified Congress of its intention to hand over al-Qahtani in February, angering some Republicans.
Al-Qahtani was reportedly supposed to be on one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center and was detained by immigration authorities.
Currently, 38 prisoners are still in custody at a US military installation in Cuba.
In 2020, al-Qahtani’s lawyers obtained a federal court order requiring a medical examination of the prisoner by an independent medical board that could order his repatriation under army regulations if his doctors’ diagnosis was confirmed. The Trump administration challenged the order, and the legal battle was dropped under Biden.
Of the 38 remaining detainees at Guantanamo Bay, 19 were approved by the control board for repatriation or resettlement. There are 7 more that are eligible for consideration. Ten prisoners will face a military commission, including five accused of involvement in the September 11, 2001 attacks. Their death penalty case stalled for years at the pre-trial stage.
The remaining two inmates at the base have been convicted, one of whom, former Marylander Majid Khan, is nearing his sentence on a plea deal.